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OSÓRIO (D. Jerónimo), PINHO (Sebastião de), trad. anot. CARTA à Rainha da Inglaterra. Lisboa. 1981. - OSÓRIO (D. Jerónimo), PINHO (Sebastião de), trad. anot. CARTA à Rainha da Inglaterra . Introdução de José V. de Pina Martins. Crítica e modernização do texto, tradução e notas de Sebastião de Pinho. Lisboa: Biblioteca Nacional, 1981. 250, [4] pp.: il.; 240 mm. First and only edition in Portuguese. D. Jerónimo Osório (Lisbon, 1506 - Tavira, 1580), Bishop of the Algarve and the most celebrated Portuguese Latin prose writer of his time, became known as the ”Cicero of Portugal” for the elegance and purity of his Latin. The Letter to the Queen of England, addressed to Queen Elizabeth I and originally published in Lisbon in 1562 under the title Epistola Hieronymi Osorii ad Serenissimam Elisabetam Angliae Reginam, is an appeal for the reconversion of England to Catholicism, to which the Protestant theologian Walter Haddon responded on behalf of the Queen, originating an epistolary polemic of European resonance. Of the 1562 Latin edition, 16 subsequent editions are known, 7 French translations and 3 English translations up to the 18th century; the present 1981 edition is the first and only time the text has appeared in Portuguese. Includes a facsimile of the 1562 Latin edition, modernized Latin text with Portuguese translation on parallel pages, introduction by José V. de Pina Martins and notes by Sebastião de Pinho. Highly regarded. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate